Data for 1972

Food Production Index, 1972

Name: Food Production Index, 1972
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1972, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Food Production Index, 1972 covers 163 countries. Singapore is highest, at 591.41; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 6.53. The middle country reads 41.54. Against 1971, 163 values changed (79 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Food Production Index · Data for 1972

HighestSingapore

591.41

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

6.53

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

163countries
1measure
1972the year it describes
162distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Food Production Index, 1972, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Food Production Index, 1972: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	591.41
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	472.85
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	235.28
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	200.72
5	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	194.82
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	183.68
7	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	144.49
8	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	143.89
9	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	139.93
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	132.27
11	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	130.18
12	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	121.04
13	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	113.60
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	107.41
15	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	105.45
16	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	97.10
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	96.85
18	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	95.99
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	95.98
20	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	94.87
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	94.53
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	91.83
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	91.57
24	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	90.23
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	90.05
26	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	88.24
=27	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	87.52
=27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	87.52
29	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	86.44
30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.26
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	83.05
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	82.05
33	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.88
34	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	81.51
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.26
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.06
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	79.82
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79.41
39	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.52
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	75.98
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	75.93
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73.73
43	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.67
44	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69.19
45	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	67.97
46	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	66.56
47	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	66.54
48	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	62.54
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	61.73
50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.60
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.14
52	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	59.09
53	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	58.96
54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.39
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.92
56	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	57.88
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	57.67
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.76
59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.20
60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	55.07
61	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	53.90
62	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	52.63
63	United States`USA`Northern America	52.54
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	52.36
65	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	51.38
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	51.29
67	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.18
68	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	51.15
69	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	49.85
70	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	48.72
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	48.60
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48.15
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.56
74	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	47.06
75	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	46.54
76	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.96
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	44.13
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.06
79	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	43.10
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42.00
81	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	41.61
82	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.54
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.46
84	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.28
85	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.11
86	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	40.31
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	40.02
88	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	39.70
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.07
90	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	38.15
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	37.90
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.95
93	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	36.42
94	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.41
95	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.96
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	35.93
97	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.54
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.47
99	Colombia`COL`South America	34.78
100	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.49
101	Ecuador`ECU`South America	34.48
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.91
103	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.54
104	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.18
105	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	32.96
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.59
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.56
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	30.60
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	30.45
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.15
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	28.93
112	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.89
113	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	28.87
114	Chile`CHL`South America	28.32
115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.05
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	27.76
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.56
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.55
119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.20
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	27.03
121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26.63
122	Peru`PER`South America	26.53
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.14
124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.98
125	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.79
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.36
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.11
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	24.94
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24.52
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.49
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.93
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.92
133	Niger`NER`Western Africa	23.38
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	23.29
135	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.02
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.93
137	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.44
138	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.16
139	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.05
140	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.44
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	20.41
142	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.19
143	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.55
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.80
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.62
146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.51
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.21
148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17.16
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.10
150	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.73
151	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.70
152	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.63
153	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.32
154	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.06
155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	13.95
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	13.27
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.23
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	12.88
159	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.57
160	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	12.44
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.73
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.95
163	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.53

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

163United Arab Emirates6.53
162Kuwait7.95
161Laos10.73
160Saudi Arabia12.44
159Oman12.57

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 41.54. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
79 · 84rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore556.19 → 591.41+35.22
Seychelles148.71 → 183.68+34.97
Mauritius82.22 → 95.98+13.76
Tonga132.86 → 144.49+11.63
Libya22.02 → 33.54+11.52

Fell most

Antigua and Barbuda154.12 → 87.52−66.60
Saint Kitts and Nevis512.64 → 472.85−39.79
Tuvalu74.42 → 39.70−34.72
Equatorial Guinea83.73 → 58.96−24.77
Senegal48.50 → 33.18−15.32

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1972.
162 distinct values among 163
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 87.52. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 163 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1972). Food Production Index, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/food-production-index/1972

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